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This article discusses utilitarian ethical theory. For a discussion of John Stuart Mill's essay Utilitarianism (1861), see Utilitarianism (book).
The Utilitarianism series,
part of the Politics series
Utilitarian Thinkers[show]
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
Henry Sidgwick
Peter Singer
Forms[show]
preference utilitarianism
rule utilitarianism
act utilitarianism
Two-level utilitarianism
Total utilitarianism
Average utilitarianism
Negative utilitarianism
animal welfare
Abolitionism (bioethics)
Hedonism
Enlightened self-interest
Predecessors[show]
Epicurus
David Hume
William Godwin
Key concepts[show]
Pain
Suffering
Pleasure
Utility
Happiness
Eudaimonia
Consequentialism
Felicific calculus
Problems[show]
Mere addition paradox
Paradox of hedonism
Utility monster
See Also[show]
Rational choice theory
Game theory
Social choice
Economics

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